DC-DC power converter with overshoot protection

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PATENT NO 9997992
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15725283

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A DC-DC power converter converts a DC input voltage at an input node into a DC output voltage at an output node. The converter has a main control loop that generates control signals used to control series-connected p-type and n-type switches that selectively connect an inductor to the input node or to ground while operating the converter in either a continuous-conduction mode (CCM) or a discontinuous-conduction mode (DCM). Zero-crossing detection (ZCD) circuitry detects when the inductor current reaches zero and generates a ZCD control signal used to control the n-type switch to inhibit negative inductor currents during the DCM mode. Overshoot-protection (OP) circuitry detects when the DC output voltage gets too high and generates an OP control signal used to control the n-type switch to inhibit overshoot conditions at the output node that can result from CCM-to-DCM mode transitions and from sudden reductions in output current loading.

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NXP USA INC6501 W WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE AUSTIN TX 78735

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Tian, Lei Shanghai, CN 108 348
Wu, Xiaowen Shanghai, CN 15 199

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